Family feel teen neglected
An Albany family say they feel neglected by the public health system and are not getting the treatment they need for their ill 18-year-old son Bayden Redshaw.
Mr Redshaw and mother Imelda have expressed frustration that the health system does not seem to be taking his conditions and worsening health seriously.
Suffering from orthostatic hypotension, a heart murmur, postural tachycardia syndrome and other chronic conditions, Mr Redshaw claims he has been shuffled around the health system without getting any answers or a treatment plan, and feels like he is getting sicker.
"I've been dealing with this stuff for a number of years now … and I'm getting weaker and sicker and this whole juggling thing that they're all doing, it's just I'm just sitting here thinking 'when am I going to get help'," he said.
"I'm just waiting for it, I want it so bad."
Dale Mulvey has been Mr Redshaw's carer through the Disability Services Commission for more than 10 years and said she had seen Mr Redshaw turned away by the system many times.
"For how many years I've worked with them, I've just seen them get turned away so many times and his health is deteriorating," she said.
"I'm just shocked.
"It's a real worry that it could turn into a real tragedy."
WA Country Health declined to comment on Mr Redshaw's case, citing patient confidentiality.
